National Ballet Theatre Of Odessa Comes to Capitol Center For The Arts

The National Ballet Theatre of Odessa will perform its production of Tchaikovsky's classic "Swan Lake" at the Capitol Center for the Arts on Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 3PM. This full-scale production features choreography after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov and is based on Russian folklore and German legend of a heroic young prince as he works to free a beautiful swan maiden from an evil spell. This is the ballet company's first U.S. tour.

Not much is known about the original production of Swan Lake, as only a handful of letters and memos exist. Like The Nutcracker, Swan Lake was initially unsuccessful. Tchaikovsky's music was considered too complicated and the dancers had difficulty dancing to it. Also, its original choreography was seen as uninspiring and unoriginal. Only after Tchaikovsky's death was Swan Lake revived. Today, the ballet is a favorite of many dancers and audiences because of the magnitude of skill required to properly dance the part of Odette.

Tickets for the January 27 performance of "Swan Lake" are currently on sale starting at $27, plus any applicable fees for phone/Internet sales. They may be ordered by calling the Capitol Center for the Arts at (603) 225-1111 or online at www.ccanh.com. Tickets may also obtained at the CCA's box office at 44 South Main St., Concord, NH, which is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11AM to 6PM and Saturdays from 11AM to 2PM.

The Ballet of the Odessa National Opera, is situated within the building of the prestigious Opera Theater, where the greatest divas of Russian ballet performed on stage, from Anna Pavlova to Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya. Since 2009, the ballet manager has been Yuri Vasyuchenko, an Honorary Artist of Russia and exclusive soloist for Bolshoi in its glorious era under the tutelage of Yuri Grigorovich.

The Odessa company is recognized as one of the most prestigious institutions of classical ballet in Russia and can boast an extremely varied repertoire, carrying the honor and the task to preserve the precious heritage of the great Russian ballets. A part of the company's repertoire has always been the great masterpieces of classic ballet, from "Sylphide" by Bournonville, to "Giselle" by Adam, "Don Quixote" and "La Bayadère" by Minkus, "Sleeping Beauty", "The Nutcracker". and "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky, to the various twentieth century ballets by Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Falla, and Shchedrin.

The ballet company consists of the best performers, graduates of prestigious Ukrainian and Russian choreography schools. Many talented artists have danced with the Odessa National Opera company in its different periods and many of them have been soloists in major international companies. Over the years, due to the many tours all over the globe, the National Opera of Odessa ballet has earned its first-class international reputation.

The award-winning Capitol Center for the Arts (www.ccanh.com) inspires, educates, and entertains audiences by providing a quality venue for the performing arts as well as a wide range of professional-level, artistically-significant presentations. The Center is conveniently located off Rt. 93 in downtown Concord, New Hampshire and is close to several quality restaurants, shopping boutiques, and other area attractions. The facility first opened in 1927 as the Capitol Theatre, a prime stop on the Vaudeville circuit; it later became Concord's premier movie house and concert hall. After closing in 1989, it underwent a multi-million dollar renovation / modernization and reopened in 1995 as the Capitol Center for the Arts. Today, the Capitol Center is home to the 1304-seat Chubb Theatre, the Spotlight Café, The Governor's Hall ballroom, and the Kimball House, a Victorian mansion. Its newest venue, the Bank of New Hampshire Stage at 14-16 S Main St, is scheduled to open in Spring 2019.

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